title: Intraaortic migration of an epicardial pacing wire: percutaneous extraction.
abstract: Infrequent but serious complications have been described in association with temporary epicardial pacing wires. We describe the case of an intraaortic migration of an infected retained atrial temporary epicardial pacing wire and the transfemoral percutaneous interventional approach for its extraction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, European Hospital, Rome, Italy. lorenzo.guerrieri@libero.it
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guerrieri Wolf
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scaffa
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maselli
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Weltert
authors.forename: Saverio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nardella
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Roma
authors.forename: Ruggero
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Paulis
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tomai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000379:methods*; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010496:Pericardium; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed